Irrigating-tile.



J. A. WILSON.

IRRIGATING TILE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1l 1912.

19970760., f' Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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- IRRIGTING-TILE.

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Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. i9, 19H3?.

Application tiled August 1, 1912. Serial No. 712,715.

To (L72 whom I muy concern Be it known that` I, JAMES Aj l/ViLsoN, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Arkansas City, in the' county of Cowley and Stale ot' Kansas7 have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Irrigatingf Tiles; and I dordeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvement-s in irrigating tiles.

One object of the invention is to provide a tile of this character from which the Water is drawn by a seepage or capillary attraction ot' the soil so that only the proper uantity of Water is taken from the tile of t e irrigating system as is needed to maintain the desired degree ot' moisture in the soil.

Another object is to provide an irrigating tile having means .whereby the same forms a greater or less quantity of water as desired. I

lVith these and'other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is acentral vertical sectional view of a portion of an irrigating system employing my improved tile and illustrating the latter arranged to form a deep reservoir; Fig. 2 is a similar vieu7 showing the tiles arranged to 'form a shallow reservoir; Fig. 3vis an enlarged central vertical longitudinal section of one of the improved tiles; Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the same, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes my improved tile which is preferabl round in cross section and tapers slightly rom one end toward the other as shown. The tiles are preferably formed of cement and sand with only about eight or ten per cent. cement which is mixed very dry barelyv enough moisture being'employcd to The tile when thus constructed dries very hard but remains suiciently porous to permit the water to seep or be drawn therethrough by the capilla attraction of the soil in which the tile is laid.

age action or discharge of the it will be seen that these dams will hold bach` A a .much larger quantity of water in each tile` `than would be held by the inclined surface alone. In thus holding back the water a larger surface of the tile is. covered by the water thus permitting a greater quantity of the water to seep through the tile. When less water is required the tiles are laid in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings wherein the dam is disposed at the top'or in the upper portion of the tile so that only so much water remains as may be held by the inclined or tapered formation `of the tile. As this lesser quantity of water-cove-rs less space on the inner side of the tile the seepwater is correspondingly decreased. l By means of the t-ile constructed and ar'- -ranged' as herein shown and described, it

will be seen that an eilen distribution of water will be had when the tiles are laid in the manner described and that the water will percolate or pass through the porous sides of the tile only as it is'needed and drawn therethrough by the capillary attraction of the surrounding soil, or, inl other words, when this soil has obtained suiii'cient moisture the capillary attraction or absorption of the wa ter through the sides of the tile. will cease until the soil has again become dry and in a condition to absorb more moisture at which time the capillary attraction of gthe dry soil will again cause the ywater to seep through the tile as will be readily understood When the telescoping tubes 1 are united in the manner previously described and with v their ends connected as shownthe supply of water passing through the pipe thus formed can be accurately adjusted bv turning the sections of' the same independently of one another to the desired position, the particular formation of the dams 2 at the reduced ends of the sect-ions forming a valve between consecutive sections.V Thus it will beseen that the connected inclined telescopic sections forming the tube provide intervening chambers for receiving' tliewnter, a greater portion of the latter beine; located in tlie enlarged expanded ends ol' the sections, and further that when a inininiun'i amount of water is directed tlirongli the tube thus foi-ined the pro jections or dnins 2 forni :in obstruction against wliioli llie water is directed.

lfi'oin the foregoing description teilten in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation oi the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, pioportion und the minor details of construction may Aluc-resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the adventages of this invention as defined and claimed.

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